2 Chronicles 3:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.”

2 Chronicles 3:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

2 Chronicles 3:5 in 6 Bible Translations

Read 2 Chronicles 3:5 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

2 Chronicles 3:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“He made the larger room with a ceiling of cypress wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains.”

2 Chronicles 3:5 — World English Bible

2 Chronicles 3:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And the greater house he ceiled with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm-trees and chains. ”

2 Chronicles 3:5 — American Standard Version

2 Chronicles 3:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And the large house he hath covered with fir-trees, and he doth cover it with good gold, and causeth to ascend on it palms and chains,”

2 Chronicles 3:5 — Young's Literal Translation

2 Chronicles 3:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the greater house he boarded with cypress-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set on it palm-trees and chains. ”

2 Chronicles 3:5 — Darby Translation

2 Chronicles 3:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And the greater house he sieled with firre tree which he ouerlayd with good golde, and graued thereon palme trees and chaines.”

2 Chronicles 3:5 — Geneva Bible

2 Chronicles 3:5 in Context — 2 Chronicles 3

3 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.

7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.

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What Does 2 Chronicles 3:5 Mean?

2 Chronicles 3:5 is a verse from the Book of 2 Chronicles, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Chronicles chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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